Zimbabwe

Henryk Kasperczak Zimbabwe were surprised by Tunisia's attacking approach, claimed victorious coach Henryk Kasperczak, after progressing from AFCON Group B.

Salomon Kalou Ivory Coast are being tipped to pick up a second straight AFCON title, but Senegal and Ghana are hoping to knock them off their perch.

Two second-half goals gave Nigeria a winning start to AFCON qualifying against Chad, while Algeria, Mali and Senegal all enjoyed victories.

Stephen Keshi Just over four months since the Africa Cup of Nations final, qualification for the next staging of the tournament gets under way this week.

Mozambique Mozambique put a foot in the second round of Africa Cup of Nations qualifying with a 5-0 first-round first-leg thrashing of South Sudan.

South Africa Africa Cup of Nations champions Nigeria will face South Africa and Sudan when they bid to reach the 2015 tournament in Morocco.

Lesotho Lesotho stunned Liberia and booked their place in the second round of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 home win.

Morocco Morocco came from a goal down to see off Zimbabwe 2-1 on Sunday and end a tumultuous 2014 on a positive note.

Morocco Morocco will round off a topsy-turvy 2014 with a friendly against Zimbabwe in Agadir on Sunday.

Africa Cup of Nations The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has received bids from seven member nations to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.